Designmuseum Danmark

Sunday my sister and I started the day with brunch at the Danish Architecture Centre here on Christianshavn and spent the afternoon at Designmuseum Danmark. I discovered (actually, I eavesdropped on the tour guide) that the museum originally was a hospital but the architect forgot to include the operation rooms (no biggie, who cares about details anyway?) Danish designer Kaare Klint helped re-design the museum and today it proudly boasts the crème de la crème of the finest Danish design.  

Back in the day the idea was to display the absolute best design so students had a place to go and study the masters and get inspired to do even better (is that even possible?) To some the glass and wooden display cases may look old and dated but for the trained eye (and for Kaare Klint fans) you can see that they are superbly designed. 

Caroline and I saw the permanent furniture, design- and textile exhibits (why doesn't people dress up anymore?), the Japanese exhibit Learning From Japan (I really want to go there) and the very fascinating Mindcraft15 curated by  Danish/Italian design duo GamFratesi.

 Learning From Japan

Mindcraft15